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Affection as a service: Ghostbots and the changing nature of mourning
This article elucidates the rise of ghostbots, artificial conversational agents that emulate the deceased, as marketable commodities. The study explains the role of ghostbots in changing how mourning is experienced. It highlights how ghostbots alter the relationship between the bereaved and the departed, transforming it into one of a customer-object within legal discourse. By critically examining the nexus between commodification and the law, this study underscores how ghostbots signify a different and intriguing form of commodification in the interaction between the living and the deceased, within the dynamics of the Digital Afterlife Industry. By furnishing this scrutiny, the article contributes to comprehending the commodification inherent in ghostbots and concludes by delineating specific foundational or seminal points for subsequent academic discussion to aide a more holistic deliberation on the use, commercialisation, or regulation of these systems, and other affection-as-a-service products.
期刊介绍:
CLSR publishes refereed academic and practitioner papers on topics such as Web 2.0, IT security, Identity management, ID cards, RFID, interference with privacy, Internet law, telecoms regulation, online broadcasting, intellectual property, software law, e-commerce, outsourcing, data protection, EU policy, freedom of information, computer security and many other topics. In addition it provides a regular update on European Union developments, national news from more than 20 jurisdictions in both Europe and the Pacific Rim. It is looking for papers within the subject area that display good quality legal analysis and new lines of legal thought or policy development that go beyond mere description of the subject area, however accurate that may be.